Water is often called the new oil of the future. While the world population is growing, the quantity of drinking water is decreasing. During the World Water Forum in The Hague 5700 participants deliberate over the use and the distribution of drinking water. The event… Read More

he parliamentary inquiry into the Bijlmer disaster is set up in response to the Bijlmer disaster in which an ELAL cargo plane crashed into an apartment building in Amsterdam’s Bijlmermeer district on the 4th of October 1992.This plane crash killed at least 43 people. After… Read More

While ten orange Dutch fans from the east of The Netherlands take their crazy orange bus to see the test match Holland-Germany in the Amsterdam Arena stadium, the Dutch and German police is preparing a test to see if all measures work and equipment is… Read More

When he saw Elton John singing at the funeral of Lady Di, he thought: ‘I am not a top-singer, but I can communicate feelings.’ For years Maurice from the Dutch city the Hague tried to become famous as a model and as a Chippendale. Now… Read More

For ages the Amsterdam Taxi Service (TCA) had the monopoly of exploiting the cabs in Amsterdam. It was only the TCA that could give out the hyper expensive licences for cab drivers in Amsterdam. After a change in law new taxi companies appear on the… Read More

The ‘Wadden zee’ is one of the largest tide regions in the world and a crossroads of many different migration routes of millions of different birds. But there is also around 20 billion cubic meters of gas under the Wadden sea. The largest untapped gas… Read More

In the Dutch city Maastricht the currency and the further integration of the European Union was established. A visit to celebrate the first universary of the Euro. Over the years the city transformed from a poor old industrial city into a modern booming knowledge centre,… Read More

Worldwide holland is known for its advanced systems in educating young fooball talent. Since the well-known ‘Bosman arrest’ the mature Dutch players are leaving the Dutch league for the money and the fame to countries like Spain, England and Italy. The Dutch football clubs are… Read More

When Erna Jansen and Henk Plenter found out through a German magazine that they had bought a fake painting of Matisse in a well-respec­ted gallery in Amsterdam , they decided they might as well start focusing on fake pain­tings. In the old city hall of… Read More

Background reportage on Hooliganism in Holland . How is Holland , with its notorius past, preparing for the European Football championships in 2000. The special unit, the mayor and the hooligans themsevles. Will it be war between nations? Activities: research & set up reportage, accompanying… Read More

More than 1750 people reacted on the request from the Dutch commercial broadcaster Veronica for the TV-program ‘Big Brother’. In this program 8 voluntarily participants will be locked-in a house. They are not allowed to have contact to the out-side world for the 3 months… Read More

Since the beginning of this month Dinxperlo, a village on the Germany-Dutch border, has a world scoop: the first international police station. The idea was born through necessity: the police station of Dinxperlo should be closed because of cuts and the police station of the… Read More